New wheels have been fitted to the Spad. Those are copies of original Spad XIII wheels, and were built by M. Hoger, owner of the company "La Roue Provençale". This French craftsman is specialized in making spoke wheels for cars, motorbikes, bikes and of course aircrafts.

The wheels were fitted with grey-rubber tyres, as they originally were during WW1. For more authenticity, we also made removable wheel covers which made inspections much easier.

You can also notice that the propeller has beend painted and decals were applied on this Eclair propeller.

We have just posted a short teaser video (available in HD) showing the very first take off of the Sopwith 1B2 Strutter.
The video has also been added to the "Videos" section of Memorial Flight's website.

This is just a teaser, as a longer video will be available soon.

The Strutter webpage (still in the "Workshop" section) has also been updated with pictures of the aircraft in flight.